Dennis Ritchie

“C++ and Java, say, are presumably improvements on C... C is still the lingua franca.”

“C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.”

“UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.”

“The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.”

“We were not out to win over the world. We were just trying to get our own work done.”

“What we wanted to preserve was not just a good programming environment... but a system around which a fellowship could form.”

“Usenet is a strange place.”